Full Blood Count Trends for Colorectal Cancer Detection in Primary Care: Development and Validation of a Dynamic Prediction Model

Full Blood Count Trends for Colorectal Cancer Detection in Primary Care: Development and Validation of a Dynamic Prediction Model

Colorectal cancer has low survival rates when late-stage, so earlier detection is important. The full blood count (FBC) is a common blood test performed in primary care. Relevant trends in repeated FBCs are related to colorectal cancer presence. We developed and internally validated dynamic predicti...

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Main Authors: Pradeep S. Virdee, Julietta Patnick, Peter Watkinson, Tim Holt, Jacqueline Birks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
full blood count
blood test
primary care
colorectal cancer
prediction model
joint modelling of longitudinal and time-to-event data
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/19/4779

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